The new issue of Arquitectura tackles the discussion on climate, offering an opportunity, on the path towards a new energy model, to transform the city and its buildings, and to do so with architecture that offers a healthier, more comfortable and intensely built environment for its inhabitants. How will Madrid's climate change by 2050? What will the energy sources be like then? How can Madrid be transformed to adapt to this climate? Should we consider not only renaturalization but also material and formal transformation? How can we decarbonize construction? What exemplary practices currently exist in Madrid?
Although there are still some skeptics, climate change is an incontestable reality. Perhaps it is only a question of poorly informed citizens, because climate change is unanimously supported by the scientific community and, according to recent surveys, most of civil society is in favor of taking strong measures.
In the case of Madrid climate change is not something abstract and distant, but rather the opposite. The Mediterranean basin and in particular the Iberian Peninsula will be especially affected, as Spain is the only country in the EU that has almost the half of its territory below parallel 40 , taking the climate of North Africa. According to scientific studies in progress, the increase in average temperature will be 3.5 C in summer and 7 C in winter, which corresponds to the displacement of about 1.000 km from Madrid to the South. In this way, it is expected that our city will have the climate of Marrakech, which offers interesting opportunities in the winter months, but also great challenges during the summer.
